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Disney-Donald Duck Trade Mark, Pepsi Footwear, Kevin Spacey Trade Mark, Etikoppaka Toys GI and more.

  “Indian Trade Mark Statistics for November (First Week) 2017, Disney-Donald Duck, Pepsi Inks Licensing Deal for Footwear in India, Moomins Apparel Licensing and more,” brought to you by Trade Mark Attorneys at BananaIP (BIP) Counsels. TRADE MARK QUOTE OF THE WEEK "It does not really matter if you are a brand or a person, what really counts is telling a valuable story" -- Davide Scialpi INDIAN TRADE MARK STATISTICS The Indian Trade Mark Office has been considerably active compared to the…
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The Rock’s Trade Mark Filings, Apple’s Animoji Trade Mark infringement, SINGER Trade Mark infringement suit, Golmaal Again merchandise, DIPP’s logo and tagline contest and more.

  “Indian Trade Mark Statistics for October (Fourth Week) 2017, SINGER Trade Mark infringement, DIPP introduces logo and tagline contest for GI, Reliance Entertainment launches Golmaal Again merchandise, and more,” brought to you by Trade Mark Attorneys at BananaIP (BIP) Counsels.  TRADE MARK QUOTE OF THE WEEK 'Within every brand is a product, but not every product is a brand'                                                                                                             -- David Ogilvy INDIAN TRADE MARK STATISTICS The Indian Trade Mark Office has been considerably active compared to the…
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BananaIP Seminar, BATA Trade Mark Infringement Suit, American Eagle to Enter India, Kannur Baby Wraps GI and more.

  “Indian Trade Mark Statistics for October 2017, BATA Trade Mark Infringement, American Eagle and Aditya Birla Group Signs Licensing Deal, Kannur Baby Wraps filed for GI and more,” brought to you by Trade Mark Attorneys at BananaIP (BIP) Counsels. TRADE MARK QUOTE OF THE WEEK "Every interaction in any form is branding"   - Seth Godin INDIAN TRADE MARK STATISTICS The productivity of the Indian Trade Mark Office has been considerably low compared to the previous week’s status. The total number of…
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Controller’s Public Notice to file Examination Reports

  On 14th August, 2017, in an attempt to speeden the trade mark registration process and clear the back log, the Controller of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks issued a public notice asking applicants to respond to examinations that were sent by the Trade Mark Registry before 15th September, 2017. As per the notice, not filing a response before the said date will result in abandonment of the trade mark application. A list of trade marks for which examination reports have…
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Pina Colada smell for Ukuleles, Court granted an ad interim injunction in favor of DLF Ltd, ‘Jollibee’ loses trademark dispute against ‘Jolliville’, Bead Jewellery of Kashi obtains GI registration and more

  Interesting Trademarks, Indian Trademark Updates, International Trademark Updates, Geographical Indication updates and more brought to you by the Trademark Team of BananaIP Trade Mark News: TRADEMARK QUOTE OF THE WEEK "A great brand evolves from building a good reputation"                                                            --Abiodun A. Abiodun TRADEMARK STATS FROM THE INDIAN TRADEMARK OFFICE The productivity of the Trademark Registry has increased, as can be seen from the table below. There has been an increase of 58% in the total number of registrations granted this week. Particulars Last week This week Change…
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Interesting Trademarks, Domain Name Disputes, Cybersquatting, TM Merchandizing, Licensing, Trademark tips and more

  Interesting Trademarks, Domain Name Disputes, Cybersquatting, TM Merchandizing, Licensing, Trademark tips and more, presented by the Trademark attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm. TRADEMARK QUOTE OF THE WEEK Your brand is what other people say about you when you are not in the room - Jeff Bezos. Trademark Stats from the Indian Trademark office The Trademark Office has been a little slow this week considering there has been an overall decrease in the number of applications that…
March 22, 2017 Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 779Views 0Like
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PayPal and Paytm Trademark Dispute

  Paytm, the largest e-wallet company in India, which saw a drastic surge in user volume post-demonetization, has found itself embroiled in a controversy over its logo with the US-based PayPal, also a digitized payment system. Paypal claims that Paytm’s logo is ‘deceptively and confusingly similar’ to that of the global giant’s. PayPal further claims that Paytm is free-riding on the goodwill of PayPal. What is similar between the two logos is that the first syllable of both the logos is…
December 27, 2016 Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 1594Views 0Like
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Trump winning battles in U.S and China.

  The presidential elections in the United States of America have now concluded with Republican Presidential nominee Donald J. Trump winning a closely contested election. There has been a lot of speculation about IP laws and its progress under Trump’s term, but unfortunately there hasn’t been much information released in his agenda. Although Trump has substantial personal experience protecting and enforcing his own trademarks, including attempts to protect more controversial marks such as 'you're fired.' One of the recent cases being,…
November 16, 2016 Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 543Views 0Like
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Trademark News

Hello Readers!! There has been a lot that has been brewing over the past few weeks with respect to trademarks. We have decided to recapitulate the trademark news which have recently hit the headlines with our new segment, Weekly Trends. Let us take a quick look at what happened in the past weeks, with this weekly update. Supreme Court to decide soon on a two decade old trademark dispute On September 30th, 2016 the Supreme Court of India agreed to hear…
October 12, 2016 Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 473Views 0Like
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RIO 2016 and Trademarks

  The Rio Olympics, 2016 are in full swing and this news might serve as a warning to large number of brands throughout the globe. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) have warned both the athletes and the businesses who are not official sponsors of the Olympics, against using the Olympic trademarks in their marketing campaigns or on any other kind of forums, particularly social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. This might be understood…
August 17, 2016 Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 592Views 0Like
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